Manchester City preparing bids for Daniele De Rossi and Sergio Busquets

Manchester City are hoping persistence pays off with another bid to bring Roma’s Daniele de Rossi to the club in January, while the Premier League champions are also prepared to splash the cash on Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets in a deal worth £60million.

Daniele De Rossi has been targeted in the past by Manchester City (Picture: Getty)

Sergio Busquets could be in for a £60million move from Camp Nou (Picture: Getty)

City boss Roberto Mancini tried to bring £30m Italian midfielder De Rossi to the Etihad Stadium during the last transfer window, but his advances were snubbed by the 29-year-old who opted to remain at Roma.

Now Mancini is prepared to try again after De Rossi reportedly fell out with coach Zdenek Zeman.

The playmaker was dropped for their last league match against Atalanta, following a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of Juventus the previous week.

But the City manager has no intention of stopping his January trading there, with Barcelona enforcer Sergio Busquets also on his wish list despite the summer signings of Jack Rodwell and Javi Garcia.

The 24-year-old is believed to have a release clause of £121m written into his contract and while the Etihad outfit aren’t prepared to go quite that far, they are willing to make an offer of £60m for the Spaniard.